People use computers more extensively these days than ever before, and it is so widespread in our modern world that even children have access to these devices for playing games. This essay discusses the disadvantages of playing digital games on computer devices by youngsters and suggests some measures to reduce its negative effects.
Concerning the adverse impacts of young children playing video games, the most devastating one is the addiction these games create. Millions of dollars are spent to make computer games so that they attract a large number of audiences and keep them glued to the computer screens. So they are addictive by design. And this obsession hampers children's outdoor activities, studies and even time to socialise and learn important life skills. To illustrate, many research works suggest that children who spend many hours playing computer games each day end up performing poorly in schools and avoid social events and outdoor activities. It results in physical and psychological issues including poor eyesight and despair. Moreover, violent games cloud the youngsters' judgement and make their rational thinking unstable. Oftentimes, youngsters who play violent games develop violent behaviours. To cite an example, an unfortunate shooting event that claimed many innocent lives took place in an American school a few years ago was carried out by a teenager who was addicted to shooting games.
To minimise the severity of these negative impacts, parents must monitor what their children are doing, especially on computers. They should not be allowed to play computer games for more than a couple of hours each week, and parents can actively participate in those games with their children so that it becomes family time. An ideal example of it could be my aunt and uncle who play video games with their children and as a result, children are also interested in doing outdoor activities with them. Finally, parents can use parental control over the digital content and games their children watch or play. These measures would deter children from downloading and playing games that are not suitable for their age.
To conclude, computer games, when played excessively by children, have many detrimental effects. Proper parenting and monitoring seem like the best solution to solve these problems.
People
use
computers more
extensively
these days than ever
before
, and it is
so
widespread in our modern world that even
children
have access to these devices for
playing
games
. This essay discusses the disadvantages of
playing
digital
games
on computer devices by youngsters and suggests
some
measures to
reduce
its
negative
effects.
Concerning the adverse impacts of young
children
playing
video
games
, the most devastating one is the addiction these
games
create. Millions of dollars
are spent
to
make
computer
games
so
that they attract
a large number of
audiences and
keep
them glued to the computer screens.
So
they are addictive by design. And this obsession hampers children's outdoor activities, studies and even time to
socialise
and learn
important
life
skills
. To illustrate,
many
research works suggest that
children
who
spend
many
hours
playing
computer
games
each day
end
up performing
poorly
in schools and avoid social
events
and outdoor activities. It results in physical and psychological issues including poor eyesight and despair.
Moreover
, violent
games
cloud the youngsters' judgement and
make
their rational thinking unstable. Oftentimes, youngsters
who
play
violent
games
develop violent
behaviours
. To cite an example, an unfortunate shooting
event
that claimed
many
innocent
lives
took place in an American school a few years ago
was carried
out by a
teenager
who
was addicted
to shooting games.
To
minimise
the severity of these
negative
impacts, parents
must
monitor what their
children
are doing,
especially
on computers. They should not be
allowed
to
play
computer
games
for more than a couple of hours each week, and parents can
actively
participate in those
games
with their
children
so
that it becomes family time. An ideal example of it could be my aunt and uncle
who
play
video
games
with their
children
and
as a result
,
children
are
also
interested in doing outdoor activities with them.
Finally
, parents can
use
parental control over the digital content and
games
their
children
watch
or
play
. These measures would deter
children
from downloading and
playing
games
that are not suitable for their age.
To conclude
, computer
games
, when played
excessively
by
children
, have
many
detrimental effects. Proper parenting and monitoring seem like the best solution to solve these problems.